Charlesworth's Company Law

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Description
Charlesworth's Company Law is a long-established favourite among students of company law, providing comprehensive and detailed account of what can, at times, be a complex subject. Far from being an introductory text, the work adopts a writing style that is topical, succinct and easy to read  but with enough detail for the reader to gain a thorough understanding of the essential topics.
New for the Eighteenth Edition
•    Considers the latest legislative and case law developments including full coverage of the changes    
      brought about by the Companies Act 2006
•    Contains new chapters on Other Business Organisations, Dividends, Principles of Securities Law,
      Prospectuses, Listed Securities and Liability of Corporate Officers
•    Includes excerpts and references to contemporary writing on the subject to provide a fresh and
      wider view of the area.
•    Contains a re-organised structure
•    Incorporates cross-referencing and paragraph numbering to make locating information  quick and
      simple
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Contents
The Nature of Companies and Company Law
1.    The Nature and Formation of Registered Companies
2.    Other Business Organisation
The Company as a Corporate Entity
3.    Classification and Formation of Registered Companies
4.    The Corporate Constitution
Corporate Capacity
5.    Promoters
6.    Corporate Transactions
Corporate Finance
7.    Shares
8.    Allotment and Commencement of Business
9.    Share Capital
10.  Acquisition of Own Shares
11.  Financial Assistance
12.  Dividends and Distributions
Corporate Securities
13.  Securities, Regulation, Prospectuses and Transparency
14.  Liability for Issues of Securities
15.  Listed Securities
Corporate Governance
16.  Membership
17.  Directors
18.  The Company Secretary
19.  Meetings
20.  Accounts
21.  Auditors
22.  Majority Rule and Minority Protection
Corporate Liability
23.  Criminal and Civil Liability of Companies
24.  Insider Dealing
Corporate Insolvency
25.  Debentures
26.  Corporate Insolvency
27.  Receivers and Administrative Receivers
28.  The Administration Procedure
29.  Winding up by the Court
30.  Voluntary Winding Up
31.  Contributories and Creditors: Completion of the Winding Up
Corporate Reorganisation
32.  Mergers, Divisions and Other Corporate Reorganisations
33.  Takeovers
34.  Cross-Border Mergers, Migration and the European Company
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Author's Details
Stephen D. Girvin, BA, LLB, LLM (Natal), PhD (Aberdeen)  Advocate of the High Court of South Africa, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Sandra Frisby, LLB,  PhD,(Nottingham) Baker & Mckenzie Associate Professor and Reader in Company and Commercial Law, School of Law,  University of Nottingham
Alastair Hudson, LL.B., LLM., Ph.D. (London), Barrister, Professor of Equity & Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Alastair Hudson, LLB, LLM, PhD (london) FRSA, FHEA Barrister, Professor of Equity and Law, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London.
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